Dave Free has broken his silence regarding the mixed reception of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show performance, as the rapper’s creative partner disregarded qualms about the lack of signature songs included in the set.

From the start, Kendrick Lamar wanted to turn his life into a video game for his big Super Bowl halftime show. The team tasked with doing that knew what to do—right down to sourcing a vintage GNX.

How the rapper pulled off one of the riskiest performances in recent history, delivering a diss track to Drake for an audience of millions.